Surviving the Zombie Run!

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Yes. We just had our FIRST EVAH Zombie run.  And have you seen many video clips of that in America on Youtube?  I have seen a lot of them.  Those vids made me want to join the zombie havoc run that was held in our city, Davao!  For some reason, I have been seeing zombie run as ads in some random vids on Youtube.

Is this becoming a hype already?  I don't know.

If you haven't seen any vids of it, then you better check this video out.

I know. Total rad..

The obstacle was just like that in the military.

The zombies? Scary.

The one I went to was not as difficult and as varied as that shown in the vid clip.  It was held in a parking lot with mazes and obstacles which we had to pass through.  And in some random areas, there were zombies lurking and waiting for us.  Good thing though they were only limited in certain designated posts.

Yehey for us!

So, call time was 5:30am.

I came in earlier than my friend, walking down an eerie pathway knowing well that in less than an hour, I'll be scared as hell by some zombies who will chase the living daylights out of me.


Excited?  Of course!  Scared?  A bit.  But I was more excited and grateful really.

I expected to get scared that morning.  What's new?! I'm a known scaredy cat, but a "strong" one because even if I was scared, I was prepared to face them head on.  Yeah right! I was prepared to run away, run far far away from them. HAHAHAHA

So we got ourselves prepared.

I had my game face on.

Cute yeah? Thank you.

Running shoes all tied up tightly, already prepared for "heavy" sprinting.

Shoes laces tied down like a PRO! yeah! :P

So right before we started our race, I thought I made this huge huge mistake to assign my friend who just came to witness the run, to be our photographer.  I paid for her pass so she could follow us wherever.

You see the many flaws of my decision, and it is enumerated as follows.

First.  She couldn't run as fast as us.  The first marathon we joined, me and bel were sprinting ahead of her, and when we noticed that we couldn't see her behind us anymore, we decided to walk and talk.  She was able to catch up with us after what seemed like forever.
Second.  I knew well that she's as much of a scaredy cat as I am, well actually worse. Much worse. Alright. Worst.
Third.  Base on my past experience, she somehow couldn't take a decent shot of me.  Whenever she clicks on the cam, her hand shakes.  For some reason.

So I knew then, it was a big mistake... WHYYY??!!

We went in with parking lot, "the zombies lair", with the zombies awaiting for us.  Pleasantly surprised, my friend Ivy was already there outside the parking lot taking this SOLE picture of us running.

I am tempted to frame this. (sacrcasm)

Why??!!!

When Bel and I were running, we couldn't see her anymore.  Surprise surprise.  So we were not expecting anymore pictures of us in action which would've been cool.

We didn't know that she did take some pics afterall.  Not of us but of the zombies.

A couple of zombies that is.

Yeah cosplayer zombie ready to grab you and eat your bones.

And this...

Wonderwoman zombie also in her sprinting shoes.  A pink one. How cute.

They may appear harmless but seriously, I was scared with some of them.  Some of them would come out screaming at you and race you down.  Some were huge clowns and I hated them.  Clowns in general.  Props to the young organizers really and the  young zombies too.  Yeah they're all young, which makes me feel quite old.  Ouch!

I was really happy it was over because the maze seemed endless.  When I thought it was over and I could  already see the mouth of the exit, the maze would direct us away from it.

You know the feeling that you're so close, yet sooo far.  Yep that was it.

So I got out of it having 2 flags left with me! YEEEEYYY.  I SURVIVED! 

We had outwitted and outplayed the zombies.  Woohhhooo...

I must say, it was tiring like I expected it to be.  I was scared.  All I wanted was the experience, before getting there.  But when I was there, all I wanted was to survive.  And I did!

So proud moment!

After walking away with our price, I checked on my camera only to see the 2 zombie shots Ivy tooked.   I knew very well that it took a lot of courage out of her just to take those shots.  Moreso when she told me that the wonderwoman zombie was trying to scare her, making hand gestures asking her to come over.  In response, she flashed her her Guest pass violently.  An act screaming, "see this?? I'm a goddamn visitor so don't scare me.... PLEASE! for the love of GOD!" (sobs sobs). I knew she was scared, and I was actually proud of her overcoming her fears slowly.

We all came out of it as WINNERS!  

YEEEY

XoXo